In the 1860 US Federal Census for Hawkins, Phelps, Missouri, 28-year-old Tennessee-born Carpenter James McNatt owns $150 worth of real estate and $100 worth of personal property. He and his 37-year-old wife Elizabeth [maiden name unknown] McNatt have in their household their Tennessee-born children, 20-year-old Eli, 18-year-old I N, 16-year-old Nancy, 13-year-old W J, 7-year-old M A, 6-year-old John, 3-year-old Joseph and one-year-old S E. No one is recorded as having attended school in the past year.